Kate Pullen

Well the phone is now back on. Moral of the story is a/ pay bills and b/ when nice people ring us up from Telefonica they are probably not ringing us up to pass the time of day. It’s been…

Well, as Ian was about to construct a stinging letter to Telefonica complaining about the fact we were without the internet again, we noticed that the phone line was also not working and then realise with horror that we have…

Yesterday, Easter Sunday, we took our bikes out. And probably for the first time ever, I was able to go for a bike ride without having to get off to push it up a hill. It was great! We went…

Not one easter egg in the shops, nor any signs of easter bunnies. There have been a number of parades, but we’ve not been out, thinking that these are probably a little more reverent than the carrying of a sardine.…

Flying visit back to the uk last week, to see Olly, my new nephew, to drop my finished jewellery into the publishers and to pick up one or two useful items. ….like 9 kilos of spices. It didn’t seem like…

On our afternoon stroll on Sunday we took Bob as he no longer has an excuse as his dew claw is growing back nicely and Basil and headed through the village rather than around it. Bob ‘performed’ like a little…

We have commented on the large veg we have been buying, and indeed this week we remarked on the large radishes we bought. However, all is not as it seems. Which is why we ended up with with chewy spring…

Well, we are not in Andalucia and a long way from the coast, however this is how the newspaper Sur in English (www.surinenglish.com) described the much needed rain on the south coast… Downpours bring drought relief to the western coast…

The rain has stopped over the last couple of days and it has got warmer. I think it is noticeably warmer in the house too, although my feet are still suffering from loss of slippers (wish Henry would own up…

It does, and quite a lot. Sometimes it has been like someone just tipping a bucket over the house. Apparently it is good for the water levels and ‘we need it’. Hmmm. At least it is showing where the leaks…